2014-583 DEAPR - MdM Historical Consultants to update/complete county-wide historic resources inventory and prepare first phase of text for publication in book form and online $25,000

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Attachment C Scope of Work Orange County Architectural Survey Update & Phase I of Publication 2014-2015 The project is to update the existing but outdated architectural survey of rural portions of the county. The unincorporated areas of Orange County have been the target of two survey projects: a survey of Chapel Hill Township outside of Chapel Hill and Carrboro in 1991-1992 and a survey of the rest of the county outside of Hillsborough in 1992-1993. The current project will update the county survey utilizing digital photos and the State Historic Preservation HPO's survey database to update existing records or create new records for approximately 250 properties identified by Orange County: approximately 200 resources that were inadequately addressed in the previous surveys and approximately 50 resources not previously documented, including mid-twentieth-century resources and earlier resources associated with the county's agricultural and African American history. This is the first phase of a multi-phase project with the ultimate goal of publishing the county architectural survey. The current survey update consists of the following: 1. Field work at 200 previously documented properties and 50 properties that have not been documented, all identified by the local project coordinator. On-site work will include high- resolution digital photography conforming to HPO standards, field notes, sketch plans, and all other items as specified in Attachment E. 2. Data entry in the HPO's survey database for the 200 existing records and 50 new records, with full population of each record. Completion of each written summary field will consist of a publication-quality written entry suitable for inclusion in the manuscript for the anticipated survey publication. 3. Creation of paper files with report forms generated from the database, photographic proof sheets, site plans (sketch and/or aerial photo), field notes and other relevant materials 4. Participation in an interview should one be requested by a local newspaper in response to a press release prepared by the local coordinator in cooperation with the county's public affairs officer; and a presentation of survey results at a public meeting in the county at the conclusion of the project 5. Development of a list of properties to be proposed for the state's National Register Study List and to be presented to the N. C. National Register Advisory Committee by the local coordinator at a date to be determined. An updated copy of the HPO database for all of the county's rural properties documented to date will be provided by the local project coordinator at the start of the project, along with older digital photos (taken in 2006) of those properties. Access will be provided to the existing survey files for the 200 previously documented resources, as well as a list and map for the 50 new resources to be documented.